Earth Day
This was the year of the first US Earth Day.
When was 1970?
The largest desert on earth.
What is the Antarctic Desert?
These two WJ Science teachers are married and have a 1st grader together.
Mr. Eastman and Ms. Leung
The counterpart of photosynthesis.
What is cellular respiration?
These elements do not accept electrons.
What are noble gases?
The type of renewable energy that produces the most energy worldwide.
What is hydropower?
One of the top three most littered items.
What are coffee cups, cigarette butts and chewing gum?
This teacher practiced law before becoming a WJ Science Teacher.
Who is Ms. Krents
The oldest known living thing on earth.
What is a bristlecone pine (tree)?
Using Chemistry nomenclature, the name of C7H14.
What is heptane?
All 7 planets of our solar system in order of farthest from the sun to closest.
This region of the Earth produces 20% of the planet’s oxygen.
What is the Amazon rainforest?
This teacher left the WJ Physics department to teach AP Literature.
Who is Mr. Zeitlin?
The two mammals that lay eggs.
What are the echidna and the platypus?
The most common isotope of carbon.
What is Carbon-12?
This US President created the Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and had the first Earth Day during his term.
Who was Richard Nixon?
The atmospheric release of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, primarily from burning fossil fuels, react with water in the air to form this percipitation.
What is acid rain?
The current 4 Honors Chemistry teachers.
Who are Ms. Leung, Ms. Deo, Mr. Bauer, and Ms. Krents?
The longest type of cell in the body.
What is the nerve cell, a neuron?
This molecular shape is two pyramids put together.
What is trigonal bipyramid?
An international treaty adopted in 1997 to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions aiming for a 5% reduction below 1990 levels, generally obsolete because of the newer Paris Agreement.
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
This country contains a global seed vault as a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity.
What is Norway?
This Science teacher is the same age as Ms. Deo
Who is Mr. Grimes?
The taxonomic categories from most broad to specific.
What are Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species?
The most abundant element in the universe.
What is hydrogen?